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Edward Akufo-Addo

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Edward Akufo-Addo
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Edward Akufo-Addo
4th President of Ghana
In office
31 August 1970 – 13 January 1972
Prime MinisterKofi Abrefa Busia
Preceded byNii Amaa Ollennu (acting)
Succeeded byIgnatius Kutu Acheampong (as Head of State)
3rd Chief Justice of Ghana
In office
1966–1970
Preceded byJ. Sarkodee-Addo
Succeeded byEdmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman
 Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
In office
1962–1964
PresidentKwame Nkrumah
Personal details
Born(1906-06-26)26 June 1906
Dodowa, Gold Coast
Died17 July 1979(1979-07-17) (aged 73)
Accra, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyIndependent
United Gold Coast Convention
SpouseAdeline Y. Akufo-Addo (née Nana Yeboakua Ofori-Atta) (d. 2004)
Children4, including Nana Akufo-Addo
EducationPresbyterian Training College, Akropong
Achimota College
St Peter's College, Oxford
Middle Temple
Profession
  • Judge
  • Lawyer
ReligionPresbyterian
  • Ceremonial President with executive powers vested in Prime Minister

Edward Akufo-Addo JSC (26 Obiradzi 1906 – 17 Ayɛwoho 1979)[1][2] yɛ Ghana amanyɛnyi na mbranyimfo.

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  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/720579
  2. https://www.eaumf.org/ejm-blog/2017/8/28/august-28-1970-edward-akuffo-addo-is-named-president-of-the-2nd-republic